APPENDIX A.

COUNTRY DATA

1. PROFILE

          POPULATION:  12,000,000
          POPULATION GROWTH RATE:  3.2%/year.
          RELIGIONS:  45-50% Christian. 6% Muslim.
                      The remainder adhere to traditional,
                      ancestor-oriented animist beliefs.
          GOVERNMENT SYSTEM:  Mixed Parliamentary-Presidential.
          LANGUAGES:  Malagasy and French.
          WORK WEEK:  Monday-Friday, 40 hours/week.

2. DOMESTIC ECONOMY
                                              1993          1994

          GDP (USD MILLION):                  3368           n/a
          GDP GROWTH:                         1.9%          3.5%
          EXPENDITURES/GDP:                  20.9%         19.4%
          INFLATION:                         10.4%         15.5%
          UNEMPLOYMENT:                    38%-54%       38%-54%
          EXCHANGE RATE FOR USD 1.00:         1848       2253.25
          FOREIGN DEBT (USD MILLION):       3648.5        3828.9
          DEBT SERVICE RATIO:                71.3%         51.5%
          FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
           (USD MILLION):                     -2.2         -28.8
          US ASSISTANCE (USD MILLION):        40.7          31.0

3. TRADE (In USD Millions unless otherwise indicated)

     TOTAL COUNTRY EXPORTS:                   261.65
     TOTAL COUNTRY IMPORTS:                   475.87      72.69*
     U.S. EXPORTS:                             10.88
     U.S. IMPORTS:                             42.71
     U.S. SHARE OF HOST COUNTRY IMPORTS:          9%

*: January-June 1994

     IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS: not available
     IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS: not available

     TRADE BALANCE WITH THREE LEADING PARTNERS IN 1993:
     -France                                             -43.61
     -Japan                                              -25.19
     -Germany                                             +0.09

PRINCIPAL U.S. EXPORTS:

     (4-digit tariff item not available at post)

     -940169 Seats with wooden frames, not upholstered, nesoi
     -190190 Malt extract; flour, meal, milk etc. prod. etc nesoi
     -901010 Apparatus and equip, automatic developing photo film
     -150200 Fats, bovine, sheep or goat, raw or rendered
     -980240 Articles donated for relief etc., nesoi, exports

PRINCIPAL U.S. IMPORTS:

     (4-digit tariff item not available at post)

     -090500 Vanilla beans
     -250410 Natural graphite in powder or in flakes
     -090111 Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated
     -620342 Men's or boy's trousers etc, not knit, not cotton
     -090700 Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)